"It's...different," Luce mumbled. "Corporations are a brand, you know? They have to paint everything how they see it. I spent some time there before I came back to Seaboard City."
"Really?" Wizard blinked in surprise. "I didn't know you traveled, Luce. Why'd you head over there?"
Blood. Red. Pretty. Smelled good. Tasty. Yummy. Iron, mixed with fear and terror. The best flavor, like a wine. The flash of a blade, the scream and clatter of a gun. A knife, stab. stab. stab. stab. A choked cry, sobbing. stab. stab. stab. No more crying, no more sobbing. Footsteps, gun was on the floor. Safety off, faster footsteps. The door knob turns. A flick of a fire selector, like a roaring dragon. Brrraaaatatatatatatata. Six men go back, full of holes. Had to run, had to get out of there. Knew someone who liked american women and wanted a free pussy. Better than here.
"Business," Luce said after a moment, her eyes taking a distant look. "Anyway, I'm gonna head to bed early. Since we gotta be dressed up little birds tomorrow."